Homeowners would be forced to meet minimum energy efficiency standards before they were able to sell their homes under radical new proposals from an industry trade body. The Association for Decentralised Energy has outlined its thinking in a new report which has warned that the government’s Heat and Building Strategy target to upgrade most of the UK’s 17 million inefficient homes by 2035 will not be met unless new regulatory standards are introduced.
Homeowners should be forced to upgrade properties before selling
